22nd
June 2019.
The
visit to the temple was a part of Karnataka Temples Visit, on 22nd June
2019. It was around 16.00 hrs when we landed Gundlupete Sri Vijayanarayana
Temple and the temple was opened around
16.15 hrs. As per ASI this temple was inside the fort. Now there is no traces
of the old fort.
Moolavar : Sri Vijayanarayana
Thayar : Sri
Kamalavathy Thayar
Some of the salient features of this temple are…
The temple is facing east with a Vijayanagara period
Mukha mandapa. The front side 4 pillars are intricately carved Lion / Yazhi pillars with
beautiful capitals/ pothyals. The palipedam and Dwajasthambam are in the Vijayanagara period mukha mandapa.
ARCHITECTURE
The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala,
ardha mandapa, mahamandapa and mukamandapa. The maha mandapa has lateral
entrances, which are closed now after constructing the mukamandapa. Moolavar
Sri Vijayanarayana is in standing posture. Urchavars are in antarala, Alwars
are in Arthamandapa and Para vasudeva with Sridevi and Bhudevi, Mahalakshmi,
Kamalavathi and Andal are in the maha mandapa.
The temple also has the images of Anantha, Garuda,
Visva sena, Hanuman and Sculptures like Durga, Yoga- Dakshinamurthy, Saptamatrikas are assignable to the period of Gangas and Chalukyas.
HISTORY
The temple was built by the 12th Century Hoysala
Dynasty King Vishnuvardhana to commemorate the victory over the Chozhas at Talakadu
along
with 4 more Vishnu temples in Karnataka. The Sri Keerthi Narayana Perumal temple
of Talakadu, Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy Temple at Thondanoor, presently called as
Thonnur are included in the 5 temples.
THE TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be kept opened between 07.00 hrs to 12.00
hrs and 16.00 Hrs to 20.30 Hrs.
HOW TO REACH:
This temple is in the Taluk Headquarters Gundlupete on the
Junction of Chamarajanagar Road, Mysuru to Gundlupete Road, Gundlupete to Wayanad and Gundlupete to Ooty
Road.
Gundlupete is 100 KM from Mysuru, 120 KM from
Chamarajanagar, 146 KM from Wayanad ( Night route ).
LOCATION: CLICK HERE
The Team
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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